2018 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

The 2018 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship is the fourth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 32nd season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo. The series will begin at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in April and conclude at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in October.

2018 Italian Touring Car Championship
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Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
South Italy Racing Team[1] Opel Astra TCR[1] 2 Andrea Argenti[1] 1, 3–7
18 Nello Nataloni 4–6
MM Motorsport[2] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[3] 3 Massimiliano Mugelli[3] 1–6
24 Lorenzo Nicoli[3] 7
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 1–4
46 Davide Nardilli[3] 1, 3
77 Denis Grigoriev 4
93 Mauro Guastamacchia 5, 7
SEAT Motorsport Italia[4] CUPRA León TCR[3] 4 Salvatore Tavano[3] All
Matteo Greco[3] U25 1–3
34 4–7
7 Massimiliano Gagliano[3] DSG All
Nannini Racing[5] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[5] 5 Walter Margelli[6] 1, 3–4
M1RA Hyundai i30 N TCR[7] 8 Nicola Baldan[7] 6
Pit Lane Competizioni[8] 1–5
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[3] 9 Ermanno Dionisio[3] DSG
AM		 1–3, 7
63 Giovanni Altoè[9] DSG
U25		 1–4, 6
69 Enrico Bettera[8] All
CUPRA León TCR[3] 99 Andrea Larini[3] All
BRC Racing Team[10] Hyundai i30 N TCR[10] 10 Federico Paolino[10] All
19 Eric Scalvini[10] U25 All
Target Competition[11] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[11] 11 Jürgen Schmarl[12] 1–5, 7
27 José Rodrigues[13] 1–5
César Machado 4–6
67 Marco Pellegrini[11] 1–5, 7
Hyundai i30 N TCR 6
Toksport WRT SEAT León TCR 12 Çelik Çağlayan 2
B.D. Racing[14] CUPRA León TCR 14 Franco Nespoli DSG 3
SEAT León TCR[3]
64 Gabriele Volpato[3] DSG
U25		 1
Cosimo Papi[3] 1, 3
CUPRA León TCR[15] Cosimo Papi 4
Massimiliano Danetti 4
Race Republic CUPRA León TCR 15 Jörg Schori 7
BF Motorsport[16] SEAT León TCR[3] 16 Giuseppe Montalbano DSG 3
22 Daniele Verrocchio 5
Romy Dall'Antonia 5
23 Alessandro Thellung[3] DSG
U25		 1–4
CUPRA León TCR 6–7
61 Daniele Verrocchio 6
Andrea Mosca 6
SEAT León TCR 72 Matteo Bergonzini[3] DSG
AM		 1, 3
Sport & Comunicazione Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 25 Raimondo Ricci AM 1, 3
Adriano Bernazzani 1, 3
Otto Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 5, 7
53 Edoardo Cappello 3–5, 7
GretaRacing Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 26 Piergiorgio Capra 6
Francesco Savoia DSG
AM		 6–7
SEAT León TCR[3] 1, 3–5
Vito Tagliente 3
Daniele Verrocchio 4
Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 31 Kevin Ceccon 6
LPR Stefanovski Racing Team CUPRA León TCR 32 Igor Stefanovski 7
42 Racing SA[17][3]
V-Action Racing		 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[17] 42 Luigi Ferrara[17] All
Kraf Racing[18] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[18] 44 Plamen Kralev[18] 1, 3
Top Run Motorsport Subaru WRX STI TCR 50 Luca Rangoni 5
Wimmer Werk Motorsport[19] CUPRA León TCR[19] 54 Felix Wimmer DSG 3, 5
55 Peter Gross[19] DSG
AM		 1–4, 6
56 Günter Benninger[19] DSG
AM		 1–6
CRC - Cappellari Reparto Corse Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 76 Daniele Cappellari DSG 3, 5
Icon Class
DSG DSG Challenge
AM Amateur
U25 Under 25

Calendar and results

The 2018 calendar was announced on 26 October 2017, with a single round scheduled to be held in France as the only round held outside Italy.[20]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 29 April Eric Scalvini Luigi Ferrara Luigi Ferrara 42 Racing SA
V-Action Racing		 Italian GT Championship
Italian Formula 4 Championship
2 Nicola Baldan Luigi Ferrara 42 Racing SA
V-Action Racing
2 3 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 13 May Nicola Baldan Nicola Baldan Nicola Baldan Pit Lane Competizioni
4 14 May Ermanno Dionisio Andrea Larini Pit Lane Competizioni
3 5 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 16 June Luigi Ferrara Salvatore Tavano Luigi Ferrara 42 Racing SA
V-Action Racing
6 17 June Nicola Baldan Jurgen Schmarl Target Competition
4 7 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia 15 July Salvatore Tavano Luigi Ferrara Salvatore Tavano SEAT Motorsport Italia Italian GT Championship
Italian Formula 4 Championship
8 Matteo Greco Edoardo Cappello Otto Motorsport
5 9 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 29 July Enrico Bettera Enrico Bettera Enrico Bettera Pit Lane Competizioni
10 Enrico Bettera Salvatore Tavano SEAT Motorsport Italia
6 11 ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 16 September César Machado César Machado César Machado Target Competition Italian Formula 4 Championship
12 Salvatore Tavano Salvatore Tavano SEAT Motorsport Italia
7 13 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 7 October Igor Stefanovski Eric Scalvini Luigi Ferrara 42 Racing SA
V-Action Racing		 Italian GT Championship
Italian Formula 4 Championship
14 Salvatore Tavano Luigi Ferrara 42 Racing SA
V-Action Racing

TCR Italy Drivers' Standings
Pos. Driver
IMO
LCA†
MIS
MUG
IMO
VAL
MNZ		  Pts. 
1 Salvatore Tavano 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 7 1 5 12 150.5
2 Luigi Ferrara 1 1 Ret 16 1 2 22† 13 16 15 2 2 1 1 148
3 Matteo Greco 4 6 19 5 4 6 3 12 5 8 3 108.5
4 Enrico Bettera 3 2 Ret 19 10 DNS 14 6 1 6 5 16† 3 Ret 80
5 Nicola Baldan 15 5 1 8 Ret 9 2 2 DNS DNS 6 15† 69.5
6 Eric Scalvini 20 23† 2 7 4 10 3 9 EX EX 3 12 2 15 69
7 Andrea Larini 5 3 8 1 8 15 Ret 15 7 4 13 6 4 6 65
8 Jürgen Schmarl 7 14 5 4 6 1 10 10 5 7 DNS DNS 9 Ret 55
9 Massimiliano Mugelli 10 8 Ret 18 5 3 21† 16 2 17 8 Ret 41
10 Edoardo Cappello 14 5 7 1 Ret 18 15 5 38
11 Lorenzo Nicoli 6 18 Ret 17 9 4 11 11 6 2 35
12 Federico Paolino 16 11 7 2 Ret 12 8 7 Ret 9 9 3 17 Ret 34.5
13 Marco Pellegrini Ret 10 4 5 7 Ret 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 14 11 Ret 31.5
14 José Rodrigues 4 6 6 3 15 DNS 6 Ret Ret 13 29
15 Massimiliano Gagliano 11 22 10 10 23 DNS Ret 12 9 5 14 7 10 4 23.5
16 Luca Rangoni 4 2 23
17 Giovanni Altoè 8 7 9 9 20 7 12 14 10 4 23
18 Cesar Machado 6 Ret Ret 13 1 17† 22
19 Plamen Kralev 19 9 3 Ret 14
20 Francesco Savoia 9 12 17 21 16 19 8 8 17 10 16 11 9
21 Kevin Ceccon 4 Ret 8
22 Andrea Argenti 21 24† 28† DNS 9 8 17 Ret 16 Ret Ret 9 7
23 Igor Stefanovski 7 10 6
24 Giuseppe Montalbano 11 6 5
25 Alessandro Thellung Ret Ret Ret 15 13 DNS 15 Ret 11 13 13 7 4
26 Mauro Guastamacchia 12 10 12 8 4
27 Peter Gross Ret 17 12 12 21 17 20† 21 Ret 8 3
28 Matteo Bergonzini 13 15 12 8 3
29 Daniele Verrocchio 16 19 10 11 15 9 3
30 Andrea Mosca 15 9 3
31 Romy Dall'Antonia 10 11 1
32 Pierpaolo Capra 17 10 1
33 Ermanno Dionisio 12 13 11 11 16 DNS 14 13 0
34 Daniele Cappelari 25 14 11 12 0
35 Günter Benninger 15 21 13 13 27 20 19† 22 15 14 19† 11 0
36 Cosimo Papi 18 20 18 11 13 20 0
37 Felix Wimmer Ret 18 13 16 0
38 Walter Margelli Ret DNS 24 13 17 18 0
39 Massimiliano Danetti 13 20 0
40 Adriano Bernazzani 14 19 19 DNS 14 Ret Ret 14 0
41 Çağlayan Çelik 14 14 0
42 Raimondo Ricci 19 19 0
43 Franco Nespoli 22 16 0
44 Davide Nardilli Ret 16 26 DNS 0
45 Denis Grigorev 18 17 0
46 Vito Tagliente 17 21 0
47 Gabriele Volpato 18 20 0
48 Nello Nataloni DNS DNS DNS 18 Ret 0
Jörg Schori Ret Ret 0
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

References
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